Jul 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
“SPENDING A YEAR IN BED: New YouTube Video Out — Quirky Quad “Shower Talk with Ali” — UNCENSORED! I bet you don’t know a lot of people that have spent a year in bed. Why would you? This is definitely not normal. I’ve written about it...
Jun 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
“ONLINE WHEELCHAIR DATING TIPS” New YouTube episode out now – My dating life in a wheelchair as a C6 quadriplegic Talking to you today about disability dating. Specifically, online dating tips I’ve used as a woman in a wheelchair and a C6 quadriplegic....
Apr 27, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Pain. Chronic pain. It’s no joke. It’s debilitating. It can lead to death. It can be physically and psychologically crushing to your soul. Living with physical paralysis, for me, pales in comparison to pain. If...
Apr 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
It was pretty awesome to be a guest last week Hosted by BACKBONES and sponsored by the REEVE FOUNDATION with a good friend Chelsea McDonald. We really dove into some super personal disability topics that are just not normalized in mainstream society! It was an honest,...
Apr 4, 2022 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Many of you know I’ve been fighting for an adaptive rowing machine called the Vitaglide for some time now with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I hit a dead end working directly with BCBS policy directors and I’m now introducing legislation with NC State...